Casco Viejo, San Felipe Panama City, Panama One of these days, the headline in La Prensa might read, “Tram Service in Casco Antiguo Returns”. That would be something to get excited about. The first trams in 1893 were electric. You can still see the original tracks on Avenida Central starting from Calle Segunda all the way past Santa Ana Plaza to the end of the walking portion of Avenida Central. In the early days, trams competed with horse drawn buggies as a mode of transportation. Allen Morrison, author of The Tramways of Panama City” has included a number of interesting black [View Full Entry]

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Casco Antiguo, Panama City San Felipe For those of you who might like to keep up with Panama news while working on your Spanish language skills, here is an interesting idea. Be aware, that as far as we can determine, this works only with Google. Google up La Prensa Panama. From the main page which will be in Spanish, you'll find a link to La Prensa that says in light blue, "translate this page." Click on that. The next screen will have the front page translated to English. Choose an article you want to read by clicking on “more”. What's interesting [View Full Entry]

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Casco Viejo, San Felipe Panama City, Panama When Patrizia and Casey planned their recent wedding ceremony on the Casco Viejo beach that looks out over the Canal entrance, we suddenly had to pay attention to the tide table, something most of us here rarely have reason to do. The wedding had to accommodate various travel and schedule conflicts and furthermore had to be in the late afternoon not long before sunset. The only date and time that suited everyone was just two hours before high tide, assuming we were checking the right table. My apartment has a view of that beach [View Full Entry]

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Casco Antiguo, San Felipe Panama City, Panama Last Saturday I was short on time and had to pick up a housewarming gift for a friend. The traffic in Panama City was more than I wanted to tackle. The advantage of living in Casco Viejo is the variety of small shops within a couple of blocks of my home in Casco Viejo. I’d heard about two new stores on Calle 4 near Plaza Bolívar, Entre Pulgas and Artesanías Jacquelíne. When I walked into Entre Pulgas, Maria, one of the owners greeted me in both Spanish and English. The handmade mobiles are fascinating [View Full Entry]

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Casco Antiguo, San Felipe Panama City, Panama The second most visited location next to the Canal in Panama City at Miraflores is Casco Antiguo. Celebrating 335 years of history, Casco Viejo, as it is also known, received the UNESCO Heritage Trust designation in 1997. Now eleven years into its restoration, the changes are remarkable. For travelers looking for an authentic experience, come walk the calles of Casco Antiguo, allow plenty of time to restaurant hop after seeing the Church of the Golden Altar, the Arco Chato which played a major role in the decision to make the Canal here, and other [View Full Entry]

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Panama, Casco Antiguo Casco Viejo, San Felipe Last Friday Casco Viejo´s “usual suspects” gathered around the fire (Lorelei´s Super Gourmet) to enjoy the amazing flavors from Argentinean Wine. This time, it was Quara, which is a hilarious name if you are a Panamanian. Quara is how we call the $0.25 coin. So is it really wine for a quara? I´m sure those guys never even thought about it when thinking to bring their wines in Panama. A bit of marketing research would have spared them of a lot of jokes, which now they´ll just have to endure with good spirit! Name [View Full Entry]

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Panama, Casco Antiguo Casco Viejo, Plaza Herrera www.arcoproperties.com Last night I went to the opening of the show "15000 Watts" at La Casona de Brujas in Plaza Herrera. The show is a meditation on the current energy crisis, in Panama, in the world, and how it touches all of us at different levels. From the everyday experiences to the hydro plant. The most important part of it all was not so much how electricity has changed our lifestyle to make it more comfortable and allows us to think at a higher level (or not think..) but a question o whether we [View Full Entry]

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Remember to always check our Casco Antiguo Event Calendar at www.arcoproperties.com Thursday 29 May: 7:30 p.m. At La Casona: Photographic Art Show about the Energy Crisis. Artists: Miguel Lombardo and Cartooch. You can see more of Miguel´s work at http://alquimiagroup.org/Alquimia/alquimia.pr.bunde.03.html and Cartooch´s work at: http://www.cartooch.com/ 9:00 p.m. Jazz night at Platea, with Carlos Garnet Friday 30 May: 5:30 p.m. Wine Tasting at Super Gourmet 9:00 p.m. Salsa with Andy Bush (not THAT Bush...although that would be pretty funny! ) at Platea Saturday 31 May: 10 p.m. Rock Concert at La Casona: Señor Loop Tickets $7 gents $5 ladies. Señor Loop is [View Full Entry]

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Panama, Casco Antiguo known also as Casco Viejo San Felipe www.arcoproperties.com Almost a month ago we launched an Urban Composting Contest aimed to provide the comunity of Casco Antiguo with a system to not only recycle their organic trash but also to be able to grow food that would balance their diet and ultimately even sell to restaurants. The results so far are very interesting: it is by far our most visited post, one of the most read, clicked, both in spanish and english... but only until a week ago did we get our first (and so far only!) application. I [View Full Entry]

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Every year, around September, a group of artists present their work at the Contemporary Art Museum. This year, several "Casco Addicts" are competing: film directors Abner Benhaim and Enrique Castro Ríos. Other years have had photographer Rachelle Mozman, who is also a Casco resident. So check it out: http://www.bienalpanama.org/index1_I.html Or more about Casco Viejo: www.arcoproperties.com Here is the program of activities announced in their web: PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES 2008 Art exhibition of the 8th Biennial From September 9th to October 21st, the Panama Art Biennial will present works by 13 local and international artists chosen by Mexican curator Magali Arriola. The [View Full Entry]

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